Body found in vehicle on Cherokee reservation

CHEROKEE, N.C. — The Asheville Citizen-Times is reporting that police on the Cherokee Indian Reservation found a body in the trunk of a suspect’s vehicle following a chase Wednesday afternoon.

Arkansas authorities notified officers here about a endangered person around 2 p.m. The missing person was reported to have been with a suspect that was wanted in connection with an armed robbery.

Police officers here located a vehicle fitting the description of the suspect vehicle and attempted to stop it. The vehicle did not stop, police said, but officers were able to stop it on a drive off of Stillwell Branch Road. They apprehended the driver and a passenger. Chief Ben Reed declined to provide the name of those persons.

Officers searched the vehicle and found the body of a white female in the trunk.

No one was injured during the chase and arrest of the suspects. Local and Arkansas authorities will continue to investigate the case.